Dar Williams is one of the best singer/songwriters/folk musicians in the country. Questionably my favorite singer, certainly one of the top. Her voice is angelic, her lyrics never cease to get my thinking, questioning, smiling, laughing, and crying. And her guitar playing is astounding, too. (have you ever tried to play "Mark Rothko Song"?)
Dar Discography and Songography
On Her Own:
"All My Hero's Are Dead"/"I Have No History" (out of print tapes, see Scott Green's page for info on how to get them) "The Honesty Room" (1995)
includes: When I Was A Boy, Alleluia, The Great Unknown, When Sal's Burned Down, The Babysitter's Here, You're Aging Well, Traveling Again, In Love But Not At Peace, Mark Rothko Song, This Is Not The House That Pain Built, I Love I Love, Flinty Kind Of Woman, Arrival
"Mortal City" (1996)
includes: As Cool As I Am, February, Iowa, The Christians And The Pagans, This Was Pompeii, The Ocean, Family, The PPCC Song, The Blessings, Southern California Wants To Be Western NY, Mortal City
"End Of The Summer" (1997)
includes: Are You Out There, Party Generation, If I Wrote You, What Do You Here In These Sounds, The End Of The Summer, Teenagers Kick Our Butts, My Friends, Bought And Sold, Road Buddy, It's A War In There, Better Things
With Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplansky "Cry, Cry, Cry"(1998)
Dar also sings on the Nields albums: "Bob On The Ceiling" and "Gotta Get Over Greta" (Guardian version)